Medicaid expansion has enrolled twice as many able-bodied adults as what was originally projected, according to a report from the Foundation for Government Accountability.
The group has been tracking Obamacare's Medicaid expansion since the program's implementation and found that one year into expansion, states exceeded their projections by an average of 61 percent.
"By the end of 2016, states had enrolled more than twice as many able-bodied adults than they said would ever enroll," the report states. "To date, more than 12.7 million able-bodied adults are now dependent on Medicaid as a result of 31 states' decisions to expand Obamacare."
As a result of higher than expected enrollment in Medicaid, resources are now being crowded out for the truly needy who can benefit from the program. The report finds that there are roughly 650,000 Americans who are on Medicaid waiting lists.
Because states that have expanded Medicaid underestimated potential enrollment, the report says it is likely that other states that haven't expanded Medicaid yet would experience similar high rates of enrollment.
"States have already enrolled 55 percent more able-bodied adults than the Kaiser Family Foundation projected would sign up by 2022," the report states.
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